Economic Geology
At Le Pulec there is a small deposit of lead and zinc that was mined in the late 19th century, but the venture was unsuccessful. There are also some other small unmined mineral veins, such as ankerite, molybdenite and haematite.
Rocks have been used in Neolithic times to build dolmens. These are found at La Hougue Bie in St. Saviour and Le Mont Ubé dolmen, St. Clément and La Pouquelaye de Faldouet and Le Couperon.
China clay quarries used to be in what is now Handois reservoirs. Bricks have also been made from clay from St. Saviour. La Société Jersiaise is making a brick archive.
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